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senator corner of texas and i are working on a way to get forensic labs. if somebody is going to be charged with a crime, and there is dna evidence, there is at least certain standards so we do not have some of the terrible this takes we have seen in the past. i can say that as a former prosecutor. i have also tried to change the way we sentence people. the way the federal judges moved away from mandatory minimums. >> the fact that you have someone like senator rand paul joining you -- this week, senator lee is also interested in doing that. is this a new influx of libertarians leading republicans and improving the chances of passing that sort of bill -- >> i'm hoping so. i've always sought republican cosponsors. i wrote the bill for the organic farms standards, which became a huge organic farm movement in this country. i sought out a republican cosponsor, a senior republican senator. i think we have become too polarized, too partisan in the house and senate. just as i did in immigration and -- yang of eight --gang gang of eight, i want to get republicans
senator corner of texas and i are working on a way to get forensic labs. if somebody is going to be charged with a crime, and there is dna evidence, there is at least certain standards so we do not have some of the terrible this takes we have seen in the past. i can say that as a former prosecutor. i have also tried to change the way we sentence people. the way the federal judges moved away from mandatory minimums. >> the fact that you have someone like senator rand paul joining you --...
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george zimmerman back in the headlines after a traffic stop in texas. o.j. simpson wins parole but not his freedom and some nonbelievers get their sweet reven revenge. >>> good morning, cleveland kidnapper aerial castro is expected to speak today at his sentencing hearing. as part of the plea deal he'll be spared the death penalty. prosecutors say the man they call a monster will spend the rest of his days behind bars. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. aerial castro has agreed to that plea deal that includes a minimum sentence, life in prison and 1,000 years. for a crime they will detail for the first time in court today. we already know aerial castro's future. >> this man is going to prison for the rest of his life. >> reporter: today we'll learn about his horrific past. in hours prosecutors will present expert testimony that outlines decade of abuse for a man they call a monster. castro has pleaded guilty to kidnapping amanda berry, gina dejesus. and rape, assault and murder. >> my addiction to pornography and sexual problem has taken a toll
george zimmerman back in the headlines after a traffic stop in texas. o.j. simpson wins parole but not his freedom and some nonbelievers get their sweet reven revenge. >>> good morning, cleveland kidnapper aerial castro is expected to speak today at his sentencing hearing. as part of the plea deal he'll be spared the death penalty. prosecutors say the man they call a monster will spend the rest of his days behind bars. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. aerial castro...
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. >> taken more vacations as with president bush heading to crawford, texas. so to criticize this presidency over the very same issues that they left unchecked with others, i think reeks of something very naughty. >> on top of it michelle obama is universally popular, almost. it doesn't work. it seems to backfire on them. >> well, i think that she is the most popular person in washington really if you go through any poll, she's very popular. actually with republicans and democrats. i think a big part of that is the way she spends her time. she is out there with military families. she's out there promoting her let's move campaign. she lets all this criticism go to the wayside and continues to do work that nearly all americans think is important and valuable. i don't think there's really any room to criticize her with the way she uses the office in a way that's there to help most americans if not all americans. i think her popularity is a reflection of that. >> goldie taylor and patricia murphy, thank you both for your time this evening. by the way, i would chal
. >> taken more vacations as with president bush heading to crawford, texas. so to criticize this presidency over the very same issues that they left unchecked with others, i think reeks of something very naughty. >> on top of it michelle obama is universally popular, almost. it doesn't work. it seems to backfire on them. >> well, i think that she is the most popular person in washington really if you go through any poll, she's very popular. actually with republicans and...
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and six attorneys general from diverse states agree including those from texas and arizona where american and u.s. airways are based. one illustration of concern can be found at reagan national airport where the resulting airline would account for nearly 70% of all flights and control 63% of nonstop flights. that level of consolidation has passengers worrying about rates and routes. the airlines respond by saying that the merger will actually create more options for customers. but i'm not holding my breath. ironically it's because of the prior mergers that the american/u.s. airways marriage is problematic and being challenged. this merger would create the world's largest airline and we'd be left with four airlines controlling 80% of the u.s. market for air travel. there's a bank analogy to be made here. bigger rarely seems to be better. when i swap travel stories with friends and colleagues, no one seems to single out the giants for good service. more likely is that they'll reference jet blue, virgin, alaska airlines, or even southwest. speaking of jet blue, that airline happens to lease
and six attorneys general from diverse states agree including those from texas and arizona where american and u.s. airways are based. one illustration of concern can be found at reagan national airport where the resulting airline would account for nearly 70% of all flights and control 63% of nonstop flights. that level of consolidation has passengers worrying about rates and routes. the airlines respond by saying that the merger will actually create more options for customers. but i'm not...
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even when women like texas state senator wendy davis demand to be heard on issues that affect their health. republicans silence, ignore and even arrest them all while shuttering clinics that provide safe, medical procedures that women have a constitutional right to access. despite his campaign promises to the contrary and following the lead of his party earlier this week, pat mccrory signed into law a super restrictive anti-abortion bill that will likely close 15 out of 16 clinics in that state. to protest this assault on their rights, women gathered outside of his mansion in opposition. guess what he did? he came out to greet the protesters with cookies. see, there's no war here. i brought cookies. please listen, i agree, we don't want to have to deal with the texts, tweets, head locks or excuses of poorly behaved democratic men. but even those annoyances, as despicable as they are, are not going to make us forget the all out war that your party is waging on women. and no, cookies don't help. >>> the city of new york was on the brink of disaster when residents woke up to this headline. fo
even when women like texas state senator wendy davis demand to be heard on issues that affect their health. republicans silence, ignore and even arrest them all while shuttering clinics that provide safe, medical procedures that women have a constitutional right to access. despite his campaign promises to the contrary and following the lead of his party earlier this week, pat mccrory signed into law a super restrictive anti-abortion bill that will likely close 15 out of 16 clinics in that...
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rick perry, governor of texas. rick santorum, the former pennsylvania senator, very few people are talking about them as likely nominees or even front-runners at the start of this. the party at this point is looking at a very wide open contest for the republican nomination in 2016. there are a lot of people thinking about running. there are a lot of potentially attractive candidates to republican voters. and i think we're going to see a pretty big and robust debate among these people, and partpeo. and part of that will be what's the direction the party should take. >> the establishment wing -- and the establishment wing of both parties, they tend to win nominations. they've got the big states behind them. doing the establishment wing of the republican party can get one more election victory? can they win after all these people like mccain and bushes, can they win against the right? because the right hasn't won since reagan really. >> the right has not won since then is probably the fair way to put it. the establish
rick perry, governor of texas. rick santorum, the former pennsylvania senator, very few people are talking about them as likely nominees or even front-runners at the start of this. the party at this point is looking at a very wide open contest for the republican nomination in 2016. there are a lot of people thinking about running. there are a lot of potentially attractive candidates to republican voters. and i think we're going to see a pretty big and robust debate among these people, and...
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two texas made changes hours after the supreme court came down, the state was not acting like they are open to any negotiations. i am hoping we can go back and have a new voting rights act. the supreme court is sharply divided. they understood this a lot hours.and hundreds of there voted for by republicans and democrats. five people say you must have done it wrong. they admitted there will still be voting rights violations. and i grew up in the civil rights era. we have got to come in with this. we did it in a nonpartisan way last time. i would like for us to do that again. >>. might have had a story where he talked to a councilmember and supporta lot republican this but they do not want to be named publicly. why is that? you have a small but very vocal minority. a republican party that has taken in idealistic attitude, get rid of everything. they are the ones that killed the major farm bill. >> do you want to name names? [laughter] that is why even during the debate running up to the immigration bill people were saying they could not possibly get through the committee. all but two of
two texas made changes hours after the supreme court came down, the state was not acting like they are open to any negotiations. i am hoping we can go back and have a new voting rights act. the supreme court is sharply divided. they understood this a lot hours.and hundreds of there voted for by republicans and democrats. five people say you must have done it wrong. they admitted there will still be voting rights violations. and i grew up in the civil rights era. we have got to come in with...
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it happened this week in texas. are you freaked-out? not only that but your home could be hacked into if you're not careful. >> imagine your 2-year-old daughter sleeping and and outsider watching her through the baby monitor. that's what happened to a family in texas this weekend. they discovered the problem when they heard a man yelling at their toddler reading her name off their bedroom wall. >> he said wake-up alison you little [ bleep ] >> the gilberts said their device was hacked. >> it felt like someone broke into our house. >> someone did. as automation becomes more popular there are more and more ways to hack your house and many more devices vulnerable. >> i can tell the light please unlock the door. >> that's a hacker literally unlocking your door. the smart device is connected to a device that allows you to control the appliances from your home. daniel crowley found a flaw in that device. >> i run code and compromise it, set up a back door or i can control any device hooked up to it. >> in a world full of these teaches of devi
it happened this week in texas. are you freaked-out? not only that but your home could be hacked into if you're not careful. >> imagine your 2-year-old daughter sleeping and and outsider watching her through the baby monitor. that's what happened to a family in texas this weekend. they discovered the problem when they heard a man yelling at their toddler reading her name off their bedroom wall. >> he said wake-up alison you little [ bleep ] >> the gilberts said their device...
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that was declassified was the one delivered to president bush while he was on vacation at his ranch in texas five weeks before 9/11 happened. the title of that specific presidential briefing, why it is so famous, why it made headlines not just then but for years, was -- actually i'll just let ri condoleezza rice explain it. here she is testifying as national security adviser in 1994. watch. >> i want to ask you some questions about the august 6, 2001 pdb. you acknowledged that richard clarke told you that al qaeda cells were in the united states. did you tell the president at any time prior to august 6 of the existence of al qaeda cells in the united states? >> first, let me just make certain -- >> if you could just answer that question because i only have a very limited time. >> i understand, commissioner, but it's important that i also address -- [ applause ] it's also important, commissioner, that i address the other issues that you have raised. so i will do it quickly but if you'll just give me a moment. >> my only question to you is whether you told the president. >> i don't remember th
that was declassified was the one delivered to president bush while he was on vacation at his ranch in texas five weeks before 9/11 happened. the title of that specific presidential briefing, why it is so famous, why it made headlines not just then but for years, was -- actually i'll just let ri condoleezza rice explain it. here she is testifying as national security adviser in 1994. watch. >> i want to ask you some questions about the august 6, 2001 pdb. you acknowledged that richard...
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they're a half game back of texas in the a.l. west. red sox, teeing off on tim lincecum. maybe he should grow the hair out again. giants struggling 4-0 after the fifth inning. top nine, red sox up seven. watch this. ball girl helping boston. you never go after a foul ball that's in the air in foul territory because it could be an out. nice catch by the way. she was sorry. she felt bad. she was embarrassed. giants got routed. >>> maria sharapova getting her name back in the news. she tried to change her name to sugar pova. a bit of a marketing stretch help to go promote her candy company. she plans to change her name back afterwards. she's the world's top earning female athlete. the open gets started on monday. love the u.s. open. hopefully we'll have some hot, no rain at night. >> yeah, they don't have any covered stadium. thinking about building one. weather should be all right. doesn't look like anything bad down the road. that's been the agayis guest ov last month. we're in the 80s finally in the northeast. it's been cool for a long time. showers and storms in the sout
they're a half game back of texas in the a.l. west. red sox, teeing off on tim lincecum. maybe he should grow the hair out again. giants struggling 4-0 after the fifth inning. top nine, red sox up seven. watch this. ball girl helping boston. you never go after a foul ball that's in the air in foul territory because it could be an out. nice catch by the way. she was sorry. she felt bad. she was embarrassed. giants got routed. >>> maria sharapova getting her name back in the news. she...
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hood, texas. the rampage killed 13 soldiers and injured dozens more. this morning he said he was the shooter, apoll guysing for any mistak mistake i made in "trying to establish the perfect religion." he will act as his own attorney. he could end up cross examining some of the witnesses he is accused of shooting, cuincludina retired army staff sergeant who was shot seven times. >> i will not show fear in the face of the enemy because the man that shot me major hassan is going to be the man who's cross examining me. that's a huge challenge. >> correspondent in npr's investigations unit knows this case far better than any of us. what's the significance of this trial and of what it means not only the terror war but also personally for these victims? >> imagine if, god forbid, were you one of natal hassan's victims. in addition to the 13 who were killed, some have brain damage, some have partially paralyzed. they will have a lifetime of pain and imagine now that you go into this courtroom at ft. hood and the man who shot you approaches you, looks you in th
hood, texas. the rampage killed 13 soldiers and injured dozens more. this morning he said he was the shooter, apoll guysing for any mistak mistake i made in "trying to establish the perfect religion." he will act as his own attorney. he could end up cross examining some of the witnesses he is accused of shooting, cuincludina retired army staff sergeant who was shot seven times. >> i will not show fear in the face of the enemy because the man that shot me major hassan is going to...
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the texas tribune is reporting this is thanks to $11 million set aside in texas for the department of public safety to analyze the dna evidence they collected. it's estimated that between 16 and 20,000 kits are sitting untested in that state. nationwide it's awful. there are about 400,000 of those kits. >>> she made national headlines more than quarter of a century ago but she's now only beginning to pay for her wrong doings. if the name tawana brawley sounds familiar, it should. she was 15 years old when she falsely accused a police officer and white men of raping her. not just raping her but scrawling racial terms on her and left her in trash can. he called for racial justice for tawana. >> the victim identified him and miss brawley's family said that. she's been in public and private gatherings where it's been discussed. there's no evidence to the contrary. >> it turns out it was a hoax. she lied to avoid getting in trouble. she was sued for defamation. for 26 years she hadn't paid a dime of the $400,000 judgment against her. last week that changed. she made her first payment. she
the texas tribune is reporting this is thanks to $11 million set aside in texas for the department of public safety to analyze the dna evidence they collected. it's estimated that between 16 and 20,000 kits are sitting untested in that state. nationwide it's awful. there are about 400,000 of those kits. >>> she made national headlines more than quarter of a century ago but she's now only beginning to pay for her wrong doings. if the name tawana brawley sounds familiar, it should. she...
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evan smith from "texas tribune. thanks so much. >> thanks, chris. >>> top secret government officials show up at a newspaper and supervise the destruction of hard drives containing highly newsworthy documents. you've had your fun, one official tells the paper's editor, now we want the stuff back. that true story is coming up. s♪ [ male announcer ] from the last day of school, back to the first. they're gonna write a lot. so make sure they've got somewhere to write it. this week only get composition books for a dime. staples has it. staples. that was easy. [ beeping ] ♪ [ male announcer ] we don't just certify our pre-owned vehicles. we inspect, analyze and recondition each one, until it's nothing short of a genuine certified pre-owned... mercedes-benz for the next new owner. ♪ hurry in to your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for 1.99% financing during our certified pre-owned sales event through september 3rd. >>> going to introduce you to one of the greatest inventions of our time. maybe not the greatest, but
evan smith from "texas tribune. thanks so much. >> thanks, chris. >>> top secret government officials show up at a newspaper and supervise the destruction of hard drives containing highly newsworthy documents. you've had your fun, one official tells the paper's editor, now we want the stuff back. that true story is coming up. s♪ [ male announcer ] from the last day of school, back to the first. they're gonna write a lot. so make sure they've got somewhere to write it. this...
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in texas politics. so texas as of today has started converting its roads to gravel. the state in some cases will be reducing speed limits on those roads to 30 miles an hour because, you know, they are not paved roads anymore. president obama was back at the white house today. his eight-day massachusetts vacation was marked by republicans angrily denouncing the fact he want on vacation at all. also the president making a sober statement from his vacation about the bloodshed in egypt. there were candid photos showing the president breaking the rule that presidents should never be photographed with anything on their heads. but also he doesn't look all that dorky. bike helmets are much cuter than they used to be. the president's vacation, though, also reportedly marked by some protests. low key local protests where the president was staying that were aimed at catching the president's eye. "dressed in a polar bear costume, jerry, the field director for the center of biological diversity has been all over the island trying to catch the president's eye as his motorcade driv
in texas politics. so texas as of today has started converting its roads to gravel. the state in some cases will be reducing speed limits on those roads to 30 miles an hour because, you know, they are not paved roads anymore. president obama was back at the white house today. his eight-day massachusetts vacation was marked by republicans angrily denouncing the fact he want on vacation at all. also the president making a sober statement from his vacation about the bloodshed in egypt. there were...
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on behalf of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit over texas' law. what that means for voters in texas and you and the political future of folks like you. >> well, chris, hopefully it means that texans will be able to vote in the way they've been used to voting for many decades now. i was in the texas legislature in 2011 and before that for several years and saw the republican majority not only pass the voter i.d. law but also make it harder to register to vote, to register others to vote, to do mail balloting. so it's been a series of hurdles that they've tried to put in the way to make it harder for texans to vote and these laws disproportionately effect low-income voters and minority voters. they know what they're doing. they're trying to shave off if it's two, three, four, five points. we all know people win a lot of elections in those small margins. that's what they're trying to accomplish. >> judy, the lawsuits are being done under section 2 of the voting rights act, if i understand that correctly. if left standing by shelby county decision the
on behalf of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit over texas' law. what that means for voters in texas and you and the political future of folks like you. >> well, chris, hopefully it means that texans will be able to vote in the way they've been used to voting for many decades now. i was in the texas legislature in 2011 and before that for several years and saw the republican majority not only pass the voter i.d. law but also make it harder to register to vote, to register others to vote, to do...
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as we approach, a federal judge voting to overturn the texas voting law. >> congress can find a way to fix flight control at the airports -- .> i am all for that >> and to get a plane to carry the presidential dog to the vineyard. he does require a plane. >> not of his own. mark and i were having this discussion, and he is more eloquent than i am, but we have gone from martin luther king to the reverend al sharpton. as a leader, as he is trying to be this weekend, it is very dispiriting. >> it is absolutely true. the mark on washington was a remarkable event. a march on washington was remarkable event. it was transformative. churches, particularly black churches, catholic protestant churches in this country and jewish leadership do not play nearly the role in american life today that they played then. the bones and the box behind the uaw were walter reyes. bucks behind the uaw were walter ruth. it is a changed time. >> i think the administration has done a good job of shutting down voter suppression throughout the country. they stopped florida. they stopped pennsylvania. powell said th
as we approach, a federal judge voting to overturn the texas voting law. >> congress can find a way to fix flight control at the airports -- .> i am all for that >> and to get a plane to carry the presidential dog to the vineyard. he does require a plane. >> not of his own. mark and i were having this discussion, and he is more eloquent than i am, but we have gone from martin luther king to the reverend al sharpton. as a leader, as he is trying to be this weekend, it is...
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i mean, where are the texas authorities on this? >> reporter: well, a texas affiliate, at this time, we are still waiting for an update from sheriff's officials. they gave us their last press conference around 9:00 last night. we're still waiting to hear back, but, obviously, communication must be going on to make sure that this search is thorough, to hopefully find these children. because it's been more than 30 hours now. this started sunday evening. and if they left before that, they can be far beyond california, possibly not even in the u.s. at this time. but we are still waiting for those updates. >> okay. i want to put up those two pictures again, candice, if i can. and i'm just going to repeat what the issue is here. we've got hanna and ethan. their mother was murdered and another child, who is yet to be identified, was found alongside that murdered mother. these two children, age 16 and 8, siblings, a allegedly in the custody, at this point, of james lee dimaggio, who is now on the lam. and the search is for his blue nissan v
i mean, where are the texas authorities on this? >> reporter: well, a texas affiliate, at this time, we are still waiting for an update from sheriff's officials. they gave us their last press conference around 9:00 last night. we're still waiting to hear back, but, obviously, communication must be going on to make sure that this search is thorough, to hopefully find these children. because it's been more than 30 hours now. this started sunday evening. and if they left before that, they...
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. >>> the justice department going to court today on the texas voter i.d. law. according to attorney general eric holder, the doj will argue the texas law is discriminatory based on race. >>> and the owners of japan's troubled fukushima nuclear plant say they need outside help. the alert level set to be raised to level 3, the highest since the earthquake and tsunami. >>> and ear' looking at showers and storms across the northwest giving rain and lightning on some very dry ground. so we'll take the rain but the lightning causing problems with the fire situation and wind picking up as well. a little rain in idaho, montana, western wyoming but the southwest not getting any rain at all as these showers are pushing to the north. there is what is left of the typhoon over china causing a lot of flooding in the philippines and dropping a lot of rain over the region. not a lot of rain in the northeast but heavier showers around new jersey, moving through new york. this will cause the temperatures to drop a bit. once the rain moves out, cooler airs moves in. across the so
. >>> the justice department going to court today on the texas voter i.d. law. according to attorney general eric holder, the doj will argue the texas law is discriminatory based on race. >>> and the owners of japan's troubled fukushima nuclear plant say they need outside help. the alert level set to be raised to level 3, the highest since the earthquake and tsunami. >>> and ear' looking at showers and storms across the northwest giving rain and lightning on some very...
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. >> but he didn't find it so amusing when a texas newspaper revealed that he is still a canadian citizen. senator cruz said, quote, i will renounce any canadian citizenship. nothing against canada but i'm an american by birth and as a u.s. senator, i believe i should be only an american. now senator, this is a big decision. don't rush it. maybe instead of running for president, you should run for canada's parliament. with your manners, i think you'll fit right in. >> devious and deceitful behavior and doesn't pay any attention for any canada! >> of the member of parliament -- [ yelling ] >> and if senator cruz moves to canada, he won't have to worry about defunding the government. canada already has universal health care. joining me now, goldie taylor and gloria. thanks for being here. >> goldie, it turns out, it may take senator cruz eight months to officially stop being canadian. is there anying we can do in the next eight months to convince him to move up north? >> you know, i thought that it was quite curious to me. i certainly had never heard of it. but in his case, he was born to a
. >> but he didn't find it so amusing when a texas newspaper revealed that he is still a canadian citizen. senator cruz said, quote, i will renounce any canadian citizenship. nothing against canada but i'm an american by birth and as a u.s. senator, i believe i should be only an american. now senator, this is a big decision. don't rush it. maybe instead of running for president, you should run for canada's parliament. with your manners, i think you'll fit right in. >> devious and...
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and then there is this man, alexander, ferdman organizing a crime ring in texas. it hasn't stopped him from coming to california, setting up a drug rehab clinic and billing taxpayers. even though, felons are barred from running drug med cal centers. >> how can a guy like you run a drug rehab in california. this is a major insurance car crash scheme in texas. >> i was convicted, but it's not what it seems. >> reporter: in the last two fiscal years, taxpayers spent nearly $186 million supposedly treating drug and alcohol abuse patients in california. our investigation with the center for investigative reporting found half of that money, or about $94 million has gone to clinics that have shown questionable billing practices or signs of fraud. joy jaffers former drug medical supper visor says she complained to the state for years about all the obvious fraud. >> we found billing records for people in jail. one person dead. people who said they didn't need this kind of treatment. >> uh-huh. >> clinics closed on a certain day, billing for that certain day. >> uh-huh. >>
and then there is this man, alexander, ferdman organizing a crime ring in texas. it hasn't stopped him from coming to california, setting up a drug rehab clinic and billing taxpayers. even though, felons are barred from running drug med cal centers. >> how can a guy like you run a drug rehab in california. this is a major insurance car crash scheme in texas. >> i was convicted, but it's not what it seems. >> reporter: in the last two fiscal years, taxpayers spent nearly $186...
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texas republican steve stockman is inviting the rodeo clown to perform in texas. he's attacking those of us who are offended saying something a fair goer said compares to a klan rally and we're attacked for being offended by it? stockman says quote, the liberal reaction is straight out of alinsky. they want to crush the set by polarizing anyone who questions obama even if it's a rodeo clown with a harmless gag. a harmless gag? here's a reminder of what congressman stockman is so eager to defend. >> hey let me tell these people about who we got helping. obama's going to have to just stay there. watch out for those bulls. this bull's going to get you obama. he's going to get you! >> now a sitting member of congress invited the clown to his state? speaker boehner, you got a problem. joining me now is joy reid. thank you for being here. >> good to be here. >> joy, a sitting member of congress inviting this clown to perform, what's your response? >> stockman pals around with ted nugent. look, this is another example of the republican party not understanding their brand
texas republican steve stockman is inviting the rodeo clown to perform in texas. he's attacking those of us who are offended saying something a fair goer said compares to a klan rally and we're attacked for being offended by it? stockman says quote, the liberal reaction is straight out of alinsky. they want to crush the set by polarizing anyone who questions obama even if it's a rodeo clown with a harmless gag. a harmless gag? here's a reminder of what congressman stockman is so eager to...
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i want to get to you on this from texas. it seems there's a very interesting compelling continuing effort to delegitimize this president. people on the right say he's a disaster which he's not, look what he's already accomplished and getting the bad guys. but they first referred to him not as the president of the united states but as a liberal leader. they refer to the health care act of 2010 as a bill. they refer to him as obama. they don't say the preds. they don't say the a law. they don't even speak the language we normally speak in civilized political debate. they've changed it so much that he's actually not really supposed to be there. and that's their way of putting that asterisk next to him like barry bonds. he didn't really hit the home runs. he didn't get elected president. i think that's what they're up to. >> i think that's right. there is a sense in everything that's done, not only ot normal political give and take where you challenge your opponent's bills proposals, ideas, and initiatives but the idea that the
i want to get to you on this from texas. it seems there's a very interesting compelling continuing effort to delegitimize this president. people on the right say he's a disaster which he's not, look what he's already accomplished and getting the bad guys. but they first referred to him not as the president of the united states but as a liberal leader. they refer to the health care act of 2010 as a bill. they refer to him as obama. they don't say the preds. they don't say the a law. they don't...
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so texas first. maybe alabama. maybe mississippi. maybe north carolina after today. sometimes you use the bully pulpit. sometimes you have the authority to weigh in and stop something directly. sometimes when you lose that authority, as justice department did during the, with the voting rights act case. sometimes when you lose that authority, you instead decide you're going to sue. what is the range of options available to you? and how do you use it? how do you still try to make progress when some avenues toward the progress you want to make are blocked? on the issue of drugs and criminal justice, the obama administration made it a priority to try to reduce the huge disparity in sentencing for crack cocaine versus powder cocaine. i mean, if cocaine is the problem, why be so much more lenient for one variety of cocaine and so much more strict for the other? o on that issue, the administration found a lot of allies in congress. the build to reduce those sentencing disparities between crack cocaine and powder cocaine, that bill passed by a voice vote in the house in 201
so texas first. maybe alabama. maybe mississippi. maybe north carolina after today. sometimes you use the bully pulpit. sometimes you have the authority to weigh in and stop something directly. sometimes when you lose that authority, as justice department did during the, with the voting rights act case. sometimes when you lose that authority, you instead decide you're going to sue. what is the range of options available to you? and how do you use it? how do you still try to make progress when...
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but texas would go on to win the game, 2-1. this guy is just amazing. >>> here's something yankee fans have been missing all season. curtis granderson. solo shot in the seventh. the yankees won two in a row for the first time, i think, in a month. his third home run of the season after hitting 43 last year. he's, of course, missed most of the season with a broken hand. yankees win, 2-1. what was that face? was that jeter? >> that was disturbing. >> i am just confused. >> red sox fans are not nervous about the yankees this year, are you? >> no. >>> possibility of just a washout day. looks like a tuesday. this will be by far the worst travel day, the worst weather day for the mid-atlantic, the northeast and for even areas back towards oklahoma and arkansas. we're about to get drenched in new york city. heavy rain through the lehigh valley. now moving into philadelphia. d.c. will get some rain on and off all morning long and possibly thunderstorms this afternoon. so airport delays are very likely today. maybe even significant dela
but texas would go on to win the game, 2-1. this guy is just amazing. >>> here's something yankee fans have been missing all season. curtis granderson. solo shot in the seventh. the yankees won two in a row for the first time, i think, in a month. his third home run of the season after hitting 43 last year. he's, of course, missed most of the season with a broken hand. yankees win, 2-1. what was that face? was that jeter? >> that was disturbing. >> i am just confused....
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>> reporter: we started digging and in montgomery texas, 18 years ago a booking photo of him 22 years old. he was basically charged with and convicted of fleeing from a police officer, which interesting about this is in that police report at one point they said he was going down a rural or dirt road somewhere around 60 or 70 miles per hour. this sort of seems to have credence to the fear perhaps he's using rural roads to get himself in and around northern california, oregon, nevada or washington. there is an amber alert issued, wolf, for all three, four of those states. >> we'll stay in close touch. thank you. >>> of all the things that makes this story troubling is the notion the fugitive was once a friend and someone so close, someone so trusted could become the kind of monster that james dimaggio has become. brent anderson spoke about it earlier today with new day's chris. >> explain the relationship between your family, the kids and your mother and mr. dimaggio. >> mr. dimaggio came into our lives about six months before hanna was born. he and i had a very close relationship over
>> reporter: we started digging and in montgomery texas, 18 years ago a booking photo of him 22 years old. he was basically charged with and convicted of fleeing from a police officer, which interesting about this is in that police report at one point they said he was going down a rural or dirt road somewhere around 60 or 70 miles per hour. this sort of seems to have credence to the fear perhaps he's using rural roads to get himself in and around northern california, oregon, nevada or...
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that is being built in the hills of west texas. it's about 2,000 feet elevation, not sure exactly where in west texas it is, but it's out about 2,000 feet. it's supposed to stand 200 feet tall. when it's done, this clock is supposed to keep time for 10,000 years. apparently the plan is that every year for the next 10,000 years, this clock keeping time will go off like a coo-coo clock and play a fresh new sound every year for 10,000 years. it is being built. it was dreamed up by some big thinkers. there are famous big thinkers that are on the board of this project like the great brian eno. they've been working on this since 1996. it so far has cost tens of millions of dollars. the man who has put up at least $40 million of the money spent so far on this clock is the man whose signature you'll find here at the bottom of www.10,000yearclock.net. if you can't read that, it is jeff bezos, the founder of amazon.com, he's the deep pockets behind this 10,000-year 200-foot tall project. i learned this in a profile of jeff bezos in the "wall
that is being built in the hills of west texas. it's about 2,000 feet elevation, not sure exactly where in west texas it is, but it's out about 2,000 feet. it's supposed to stand 200 feet tall. when it's done, this clock is supposed to keep time for 10,000 years. apparently the plan is that every year for the next 10,000 years, this clock keeping time will go off like a coo-coo clock and play a fresh new sound every year for 10,000 years. it is being built. it was dreamed up by some big...
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john tar row of texas and of course strom thurman. that was it. >> that's right. >> every republican senator was gung ho for voting rights. today what would the vote be? >> it will be almost the opposite of that, and what i try to tell students, chris is we have to be students of history, but also understand this particular moment. it gets real tricky, when you think about the history and how they have sort of switched sides, and a lot of progressives think the democratic party is kind of the republican party of the immediate future, so there is some confusion, but these particular cases, we have to pay attention. what attorney general holder is looking at is the section of the voting rights act that hasn't been gutted that prohibits any kind of voting practices that discriminate or what they refer to as linguistic minority. congress in the '80s added certain addendums, so the courts could use important information, to look at the history of a particular state or district, to look at racial polarization, to look at representations, so
john tar row of texas and of course strom thurman. that was it. >> that's right. >> every republican senator was gung ho for voting rights. today what would the vote be? >> it will be almost the opposite of that, and what i try to tell students, chris is we have to be students of history, but also understand this particular moment. it gets real tricky, when you think about the history and how they have sort of switched sides, and a lot of progressives think the democratic...
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he had 86 in texas. looks like a lot, but turns out that texas was such a great hitters' park, everyone had an increase like that. if you go with each ball player that's accused of using the stuff that either did use it or accused of using it and what performance was enhanced by it, you can find out for just about everything like that. but no one does. they look at roger clemens and say, well, when he was 42, you know, he won 15 games. 40 years ago won 23 games a the the age of 42. what was he on? >> this class of sort of baseball greats going back, you know, about 10, 15 years now. almost every one of the sort of leaders of which is now under some kind of scandal report in the hall of fame. sometimes it seems there needs to be some sort of blanket suspicion on how to deal with -- morally, i don't mean in terms of the infraction. but what happens when they come to the hall of fame. >> well, my guess is that the next generation is simply not going to care as much. what are you going to do? not go to the g
he had 86 in texas. looks like a lot, but turns out that texas was such a great hitters' park, everyone had an increase like that. if you go with each ball player that's accused of using the stuff that either did use it or accused of using it and what performance was enhanced by it, you can find out for just about everything like that. but no one does. they look at roger clemens and say, well, when he was 42, you know, he won 15 games. 40 years ago won 23 games a the the age of 42. what was he...
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the affordable care act funding and he wants that directed to texas. he claims to be just as opposed as ted cruz is, but now he is looking at obtaining medicaid funding from the affordable care act for texas. and ari melber is shocked, right? you're just stunned. >> it is stunning. the saddest part of the article in "politico," reporting that if this is actually discussed, perry may back out. >> two minutes left in the show. >> so we're not helping. >> let's talk about it, or something else. we're not supposed to discuss it because this will be bad for the people of texas if perry doesn't vote for this medicaid funding. >> and i think republicans, which is sad, they are even aware of it. their argument is yeah, we don't want any money for our people to have this health care. you have money in the program, more than some expected given that republicans claimed they would go against it. and several more, according to the advisory board account that are close to coming in. i actually think it is relatively fast -- >> it is optional, the supreme court made
the affordable care act funding and he wants that directed to texas. he claims to be just as opposed as ted cruz is, but now he is looking at obtaining medicaid funding from the affordable care act for texas. and ari melber is shocked, right? you're just stunned. >> it is stunning. the saddest part of the article in "politico," reporting that if this is actually discussed, perry may back out. >> two minutes left in the show. >> so we're not helping. >> let's...
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today he took that a step further, for the injures department suing texas to stop its new voter i.d. law, and in colin powell, a republican, blasted that state's new voter suppression law saying, quote, i want to see policies that encourage every american to vote, not make it more different to vote. it immediately turns off a voting bloc the republican party needs. these kinds of actions do not build on the base, it just turns people away. powell was speaking in front of an audience that included north carolina governor pat mckrory who signed that new law. >>> a reminder that people on both sides of the aisle are fighting these discriminatory laws. getting your vegetables every day? when i can. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. two full servings of vegetables for only 50 delicious calories. yeah? then how'd i get this... [ voice of dennis ] ...safe driving bonus check? every six months without an accident, allstate sends a check. silence. are you in good hands? >>> either go to jail or go to the army. but i would like to say that there is another alternative, and that alt
today he took that a step further, for the injures department suing texas to stop its new voter i.d. law, and in colin powell, a republican, blasted that state's new voter suppression law saying, quote, i want to see policies that encourage every american to vote, not make it more different to vote. it immediately turns off a voting bloc the republican party needs. these kinds of actions do not build on the base, it just turns people away. powell was speaking in front of an audience that...